Conservation and wildlife ecology

The Conservation and Wildlife Ecology research group conducts research on a number of applied issues affecting a range of vertebrate and invertebrate taxa. Members of the group are actively involved in research that leads to practical conservation outcomes for threatened fauna. Most group members serve on national recovery teams for threatened taxa.

Current research includes study of:

Herpetology and freshwater ecology (read more).
the ecology of threatened species like the Corangamite Water Skink, Growling Grass Frog, Malleefowl, Julia Creek Dunnart, freshwater burrowing crayfish, Eltham Copper Butterfly, Helmeted Honeyeater and Black-eared Miner and causes of their decline
impact of fire on faunal communities (for more information visit the Fire Ecology pages)
the impact on bird communities of over-abundant native species like the Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Miner and the Bell Miner

3 PhD projects available

Quantifying the Ecological Benefits of Environmental Flow Regimes to a Floodplain of the Lower Murray-Darling on a selection of key groups of organisms (birds, mammals, frogs, terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, fish and plants)
Based at Ned's Corner Research Station .
Download an information sheet about the project (PDF 51KB)

Posted: September 15, 2010.